Six counts of wire fraud, four counts of bank fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.

That was acting Attorney General Todd Blanche laying out a string of federal charges this week against the Southern Poverty Law Center.

The DOJ is accusing the self-styled anti-hate group of laundering

money to white supremacist groups as part of a ploy to keep the donations rolling in.

The indictment is creating a ripple effect due to the group's extensive influence on the legacy media,

big tech, and the corporate world, which have often used the SPLC over the years to discriminate against conservatives.

In this episode, we sit down with Jeremy Tedesco, senior vice president of the Countercensorship

Task Force at Alliance Defending Freedom. We impact the legal claims, the role the SPLC has

played in censoring conservatives, and attempts to take its anti-hate model overseas.

I'm Daily Wire, executive editor John Bickley, with Georgia Howl.

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